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October 09, 2007

Thrifty Powerplant Will Power Probe To Asteroid Rendezvous

NASA's Dawn spacecraft is flying high... now that it has finally
made it into space. NASA tells ANN the spacecraft successfully
completed the first test of its ion propulsion system over the
weekend. The system is vital to the success of Dawn's eight-year,
three-billion-mile journey to asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet
Ceres.

Will Furnish 'Chutes For Entire Line Of Singles

Add Cessna to the list of aircraft manufacturers that have
selected Ballistic Recovery Systems to provide a whole-airplane
parachute system for their newest aircraft. BRS announced this week
the Wichita-based planemaker will offer a BRS system as an option
in its new Light Sport Aircraft, the Model 162 SkyCatcher.

Former Song Prez John Selvaggio New Comair CEO

Delta Air Lines announced this week Don Bornhorst has been named
Senior Vice President -- Delta Connection, effective October 15.
Bornhorst, a 16-year industry veteran, most recently served as
president of Delta subsidiary Comair.

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Seven Bodies Recovered From WA Accident Site

Crews searching for a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that went
missing this weekend over Washington state discovered the wreckage
of the missing aircraft Monday night, just below the crest of the
Cascade Mountain range near White Pass.

Dissension In The Ranks At The Former Angel Flight

Aero-News has received a copy of a letter sent to pilots last
week flying for Angel Flight South Central and Grace Flight of
America, announcing the organization's resignation from the Air
Charity Network, formerly known as Angel Flight of America.

Benefits To Agency Clear; Less So For Many Pilots

"Fairly one-sided." That's how the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association sums up the FAA's proposal to equip most of the US
civil aircraft fleet with automatic dependent
surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology by 2020.

Calls Media Attention "A Prospect I Deplore"

Add Louis Gallois' warbling tenor to the chorus of voices
claiming top executives at EADS did nothing wrong in selling off
massive amounts of stock, ahead of the public announcement last
year of a second delay to the Airbus A380 program.

USAPA Wants Date-Of-Hire Seniority System At Merged
Airline

The US Airline Pilots Association -- formed to unseat the union
currently representing pilots at US Airways, the Air Line Pilots
Association -- says it has enough requests from pilots to put the
matter of who represents them to a vote.

Modified C-182T Will Be Delivered Next Month

It's a Skylane with, perhaps, a higher calling. Yingling
Aviation of Wichita, KS recently completed the installation of a
special avionics package on a Cessna 182T specifically equipped to
accomplish the Civil Air Patrol's (CAP's) search and rescue
missions.

Helicopters Delivered From New Production Facility

EADS North America recently upped deliveries of its UH-72A Light
Utility Helicopter, by supplying a pair of its rotary-wing aircraft
to the US Army in September -- the first time two Lakotas have been
delivered during a single month.

Aero-Terms!

"There often comes a time when organizations, like
people, reach certain critical crossroads. We at Angel Flight South
Central have reached just such a pivotal place."

Source: O.R. "Butch" Smith, Chairman of Angel
Flight South Central. ANN obtained a copy of a letter sent by Smith
last week, announcing the organization's resignation from the Air
Charity Network, formerly known as Angel Flight of America.